Fūrinkazan

nihongo|Fūrinkazan|風林火山, literally "Wind, Forest, Fire and Mountain", was the battle standard used by the Sengoku period daimyo Takeda Shingen, quoting Sun Tzu's The Art of War: "Move as swift as a wind, stay as silent as forest, attack as fierce as fire, undefeatable defense like a mountain."

Cultural echo

* The plot from chapters 613 to 618 of the manga Detective Conan (also known as Case Closed in the English translation) revolves around the phrase "Move as swift as a wind, stay as steady as forest, attack as fierce as fire, unmovable defence like a mountain."
* One of the 48 Killer Techniques of the Choujin (a.k.a. super hero) Kinnikuman from the manga and anime of the same name.
* A book by Yasushi Inoue is named after it.
* A movie ("Samurai Banners") directed by Hiroshi Inagaki is named after it.
* Ryu, the main character of the Street Fighter fighting games series, has Fūrinkazan (in kanji) sculpted on his belt, and made two vertical board on both side of his home stage [http://www.geocities.com/sf2cethecapcomgame/STREETFIGHTER2CE/streetfighter2cestage.html] .
* Sanada Genichirou, a character from the Prince of Tennis Japanese manga, has a series of special techniques known as the Fuu Rin Ka Zan.
* There is a card in the Yugioh TCG named Furinkazan.
* Torakichi Aragoma uses a chess strategy with this name in the "MegaMan NT Warrior" series, and it is one of the reasons he and his father became famous chess players.
* In the videogame The King of Fighters 2002, the character Goro Daimon's Hidden Super Desperation Move is named after it.
* In the "Words of Devotion" Japanese yaoi manga by Keiko Kanno, volume two's chapter titles are based on the four themes.
* In the anime series G-On Riders, the main character, Kurama Yuuki's sword is named Fūrin Kazan.
* In the videogame The World Ends With You there is a set of four pins each named after part of the quote.

ee also

*Fūrinkazan (Taiga drama)